ERIC Number: ED018077
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Publication Date: 1962-Dec
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INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, PLANNING, AND POLITICS.
THOMPSON, LORING M.
THIS ARTICLE DEFINES THE PRESENT STATUS OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PHYSICAL PLANNING. IT SUGGESTS THAT THE OFFICERS IN THESE TWO AREAS WILL BECOME PROFESSIONAL SPECIALISTS, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ANALYSES PERTINENT TO THE MORE STRATEGIC DECISIONS MADE BY UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY COMMITTEES AS WELL AS THE MINOR, TACTICAL DECISIONS. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT THE ADVENT OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND PLANNING WILL NOT ELIMINATE INTERNAL POLITICS, BUT WILL RATHER PINPOINT THE TYPES OF THE PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED AND THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO SOLVE THEM. THIS ARTICLE IS A REPRINT FROM THE JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL EDUCATION, VOL. 31, NO. 2, DECEMBER 1962. COPIES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE PUBLISHER, DEMBAR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES, INC., P.O. BOX 1148, MADISON, WISCONSIN 53701. (JP)
Descriptors: Campus Planning, Data Collection, Decision Making, Higher Education, Institutional Research
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